They are all custom made and usually require quite a lot of initial correspondence, design and only after all that can we start on preparing some wood... In October 2014 I was asked if I would make a nafudakake for Sensei Ronnie Ross, a great honor.
The HKA has been long established, and the logo I was sent looked like it was a similar age.
The HKA logo had to be reproduced in our graphic design package, the Shotokan tiger was re-proportioned to exactly match the original.
American cherry and maple were selected for the nafuda in a contrasting black kake.
We were asked to translate Highland Karate Association into Japanese. "Karate" and "Association" have kanji so no problem, "Highland" as a foreign word would normally be translated into Katakana. After some research we were happy to offer a Kanji translation "Takai" which means high and "Kuni" which means land / Country.
So "all in all" about twelve hours was dedicated to producing this presentation piece and we were glad to hear that Ross Sensei was "impressed" with the workmanship.
The nafudakake was presented, the attached photo shows Sensei's Dave Hazard, Phil Owen, Ronnie Ross, Kevin Slaney and Richard MacKinnon.
If you would like to make an enquiry on commissioning a nafudakake just drop us a mail at sotosabisu@btinternet.com
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